DEFENCE TALKS.
AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. CHIEFS IN MELBOURNE. Per Press Association. WELLINGTON, Sept. 19. flDhe Minmter of Defence (Hon. F. Jones), interviewed to-day. said a proposal that staff talks should be held between the chiefs of the New Zealand naval, general and air staffs and the chiefs' of the respective Australian staffs had been approved recently by the Government and agreed to by the Commonwealth Government. The purpose of these talks was to allow informal but full discussions on all matters of defence. General Sir John Duigan (Chief of tho General Staff) and Group-Captain Saunders (Chief of the Air Staff) left New Zealand on Tuesday last for Melbourne where they have now arrived. Commodore W. E. Parry (Chief of the Naval Staff) took the opportunity when in Australia recently of discussing with the Chief of the Commonwealth Naval Staff all matters of common concern regarding naval defence. The Government attached the greatest importance to the maintenance of a full and effective liaison between the chiefs of the two countries,' concluded Mr Jones.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LX, Issue 250, 19 September 1940, Page 9
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